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Recent Examples of prohibitionist
The state’s prohibitionist approach isn’t inept policy, says Paul Craney with the free-market Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance think tank.
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Chris Woodward, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
On the other hand, Idaho, Kansas, Wyoming, South Carolina, Nebraska and North Carolina remain prohibitionist states with efforts at legalization for either medical or adult-use failing to make it across the finish line.
—Iris Dorbian, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
So who are some of the marijuana prohibitionists today?
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
So what and who are today’s marijuana prohibitionists?
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Though it was supposed to be temporary, it was seen as a victory for prohibitionists vying for a long-term ban.
—Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
This is the situation that arose from the 2018 Farm Bill, which gave birth to a multibillion-dollar market, but one that has thus far drawn criticism not only from prohibitionists but also from those in the recreational marijuana industry.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Study after study shows a correlation between cannabis use and depression, though prohibitionists or federal organizations sometimes use them to discourage cannabis use.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
After being used medicinally and sold over the counter in the United States for decades, cannabis was driven underground in the 1930s by racist government prohibitionists led by Harry Anslinger.
—Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
Chris Woodward, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
On the other hand, Idaho, Kansas, Wyoming, South Carolina, Nebraska and North Carolina remain prohibitionist states with efforts at legalization for either medical or adult-use failing to make it across the finish line.
—Iris Dorbian, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
So who are some of the marijuana prohibitionists today?
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
So what and who are today’s marijuana prohibitionists?
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Though it was supposed to be temporary, it was seen as a victory for prohibitionists vying for a long-term ban.
—Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
This is the situation that arose from the 2018 Farm Bill, which gave birth to a multibillion-dollar market, but one that has thus far drawn criticism not only from prohibitionists but also from those in the recreational marijuana industry.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Study after study shows a correlation between cannabis use and depression, though prohibitionists or federal organizations sometimes use them to discourage cannabis use.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
After being used medicinally and sold over the counter in the United States for decades, cannabis was driven underground in the 1930s by racist government prohibitionists led by Harry Anslinger.
—Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Prohibitionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibitionist. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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